Archive for October, 2011

If I had a dime for every time I have dealt directly or indirectly with the bottom-line question, “What is the purpose of life?” with clients in my office, I would be rich. It’s definitely a central question that everyone eventually yearns to answer. For years, I saw this question as rather deep, and as having an answer that is either so complex that it will never be found, or is buried so deep within us that we have to wait for years or go through significant trials to discover it. To my surprise, the answer that I believe to be true is amazingly simple. Simple, and yet it has captivated me, frustrated me, stripped me of all that I thought I was, humbled me in all the right ways, and finally, led to a peace that I wasn’t sure I would ever have and now know with complete joy that I will never find the end to. (more…)